2015 Christmas Ornament Challenge

–Alan Stratton
–Carl Jacobson

A dead-simple ornament, sure to please any young rocketeer! Nothing says “Christmas” like blasting off into outer space in a rocket ship built of scrap!

–Rick Morris

Cute little deer

–Rich McNatt

How I made a Christmas cracker ornament on the lathe.

–Philip Bradley

Nothing says “Christmas” like a fantastical object flying thru the sky behind impossible drive sources.

–Rick Morris

This is a brief slideshow of the Christmas ornaments I made. I used profiles of my family members to draw out silhouettes and then used a scroll saw to create the outlines in wood! The bodies are black cherry and are hollowed to reduce weight. Merry Christmas!

— David Strout

Made a nutcracker from raw log.

–Tommy Akridge

This is my entry for the 2015 Christmas Ornament Woodturning

–Fabian Hentschel

Cherry with pyrography. Hollowed in two halves. Where’s the seam? Why hollow thru a small hole if you do not have to?

–Alan Stratton

I made this spiral from a log of boxwood.

–Mauro Migone

A snowman made from a skateboard wheel, reclaimed wood, skateboard wood and some metal I had laying around. This idea came to me as I was spinning one of my wheels and I thought about a snowball rolling down a hill. I hope you enjoy it!

–Scott Partington

My entry for the Christmas Ornament Challenge 2015 by Carl Jacobson and Alan Stratton.

I want to thank both of them for the time they are spending to provide us with this fun little project!

This is my first video and I plan on doing more in the future!!

Turned from pen blanks plus walnut and padauk

–Alan Stratton

This is my first video.  It was shot on an iPhone in portrait mode.  Sorry!  I will try to do better next time.

–Russ Philipp

This is my submission to the 2015 Ornament Challenge, again this year, issued by Carl Jacobson and Alan Stratton. This is the short version.

— Yuval Lahav

Woodturning Olaf from the Disney movie Frozen. I turned the basic shape on my wood lathe and then used the woodturning chisel, drill, and sand paper to shape the face for the nose. I 3D printed the stick arms and carrot nose. And a paint job that will prove I am no prodigy with a brush.

— Tim Keeley

El cuerpo es de una variedad de marmelero,(cuerno de vaca), muy parecido al cerezo. Tallado con punta dremel y rellenado con purpurina. Luego una capa de cialoclinato.

El cuerpo superior e inferior es de guayubira, (una madera muy dura) y terminado con aceite de lino y goma laca.

El aro orbital es de guayubira y tallado, luego rellenado con purpurina. Despues de armar la pieza se le aplicó una mano de laca al poliuretano.

— Jose Alberto Giordano

Segmented, hollowed ornament with cherry, maple, walnut and a bocote cap and finial.  Second ornament is laminated Purple Heart, bocote, zebra wood, maple, walnut, cherry, with a redheart finial and cap.

–Jeff Nist

In this video I turn a piece of olive wood and a piece of scrap walnut into two mini Christmas tree ornaments. I love the woodcraft and have been doing it for the past three years. I am currently 15. I hope you enjoy the video.

–Anthony

Wood turned Live Oak and Mahogany Ornament

–Tommy Akridge

Turning a tall slender kingswood fir pencil style tree with acrylic rods through it on my lathe and building a color fading circuit for the inside

–Tim Keeley

A snowman turned from Cherry, Padouk, and African Blackwood

–Mike Waldt

Here is my submission for the Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge. I haven’t been turning for very long, but I am hooked, and I take every opportunity to turn something. Thanks for hosting this, and Merry Christmas.

–Eli Bond

This ornament was designed to celebrate the Christian story, from the birth of Jesus depicted by the star of Bethlehem showing us all the way.  The story ends with salvation represented by the Cross.

–Sam Angelo

it is made from hemlock and 3 different pieces

–Spencer Ramsay